Galatians 2:17 Have some of you noticed that we are not yet perfect? (No great surprise, right?) And are you ready to make the accusation that since people like me, who go ...

2:17 MSG

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The Message - Have some of you noticed that we are not yet perfect? (No great surprise, right?) And are you ready to make the accusation that since people like me, who go through Christ in order to get things right with God, aren’t perfectly virtuous, Christ must therefore be an accessory to sin? The accusation is frivolous. If I was “trying to be good,” I would be rebuilding the same old barn that I tore down. I would be acting as a pretender.
新标点和合本 - 我们若求在基督里称义，却仍旧是罪人，难道基督是叫人犯罪的吗？断乎不是！
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我们若求在基督里称义，自己却还被视为罪人，那么，基督是罪的用人吗？绝对不是！
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我们若求在基督里称义，自己却还被视为罪人，那么，基督是罪的用人吗？绝对不是！
当代译本 - 如果我们寻求在基督里被称为义人，结果却仍是罪人，难道基督助长罪恶吗？当然不是！
圣经新译本 - 如果我们寻求在基督里称义，却仍然是罪人，难道基督是使人犯罪的吗？绝对不是。
中文标准译本 - 但如果我们自己寻求在基督里被称为义，却被发现还是罪人，那么，难道基督就成了罪的仆人吗？绝对不是！
现代标点和合本 - 我们若求在基督里称义，却仍旧是罪人，难道基督是叫人犯罪的吗？断乎不是！
和合本（拼音版） - 我们若求在基督里称义，却仍旧是罪人，难道基督是叫人犯罪的吗？断乎不是！
New International Version - “But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!
New International Reader's Version - We are seeking to be made right with God through Christ. As we do, what if we find that we who are Jews are also sinners? Does that mean that Christ causes us to sin? Certainly not!
English Standard Version - But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
New Living Translation - But suppose we seek to be made right with God through faith in Christ and then we are found guilty because we have abandoned the law. Would that mean Christ has led us into sin? Absolutely not!
Christian Standard Bible - But if we ourselves are also found to be “sinners” while seeking to be justified by Christ, is Christ then a promoter of sin? Absolutely not!
New American Standard Bible - But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Far from it!
New King James Version - “But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not!
Amplified Bible - But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ [by faith], we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ an advocate or promoter of our sin? Certainly not!
American Standard Version - But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid.
King James Version - But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
New English Translation - But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not!
World English Bible - But if while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!
新標點和合本 - 我們若求在基督裏稱義，卻仍舊是罪人，難道基督是叫人犯罪的嗎？斷乎不是！
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我們若求在基督裏稱義，自己卻還被視為罪人，那麼，基督是罪的用人嗎？絕對不是！
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我們若求在基督裏稱義，自己卻還被視為罪人，那麼，基督是罪的用人嗎？絕對不是！
當代譯本 - 如果我們尋求在基督裡被稱為義人，結果卻仍是罪人，難道基督助長罪惡嗎？當然不是！
聖經新譯本 - 如果我們尋求在基督裡稱義，卻仍然是罪人，難道基督是使人犯罪的嗎？絕對不是。
呂振中譯本 - 但倘若我們這尋求在基督裏得稱為義的人也見得自己是觸犯律法的罪人，那麼、基督是助人犯罪的僕役麼？斷乎不是。
中文標準譯本 - 但如果我們自己尋求在基督裡被稱為義，卻被發現還是罪人，那麼，難道基督就成了罪的僕人嗎？絕對不是！
現代標點和合本 - 我們若求在基督裡稱義，卻仍舊是罪人，難道基督是叫人犯罪的嗎？斷乎不是！
文理和合譯本 - 我儕於基督而求見義、仍不免為罪人、則基督豈為罪之役乎、非也、
文理委辦譯本 - 或曰、我恃基督而稱義、又陷乎罪、基督得毋助人為罪乎、曰、非也、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我儕賴基督求得稱義、若仍因犯律法視為罪人、則基督豈非助人犯罪乎、非也、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 今如一面求成義於基督聖道之中、同時仍以律法下之罪人自居、是不啻以基督為罪階也。有是理乎？
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Ahora bien, cuando buscamos ser justificados por Cristo, se hace evidente que nosotros mismos somos pecadores. ¿Quiere esto decir que Cristo está al servicio del pecado? ¡De ninguna manera!
현대인의 성경 - 만일 우리가 그리스도 안에서 의롭게 되려고 하다가 우리 자신이 죄인으로 판명되면 그리스도께서 죄를 짓게 하시는 분이라고 할 수 있습니까? 절대로 그럴 수 없습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - И если мы, ища оправдания через Христа, оказываемся такими же грешниками, как и язычники, значит ли это, что Христос распространяет грех? Ни в коем случае!
Восточный перевод - И если мы, ища оправдания через Масиха, оказываемся такими же грешниками, как и язычники, значит ли это, что Масих распространяет грех? Ни в коем случае!
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И если мы, ища оправдания через аль-Масиха, оказываемся такими же грешниками, как и язычники, значит ли это, что аль-Масих распространяет грех? Ни в коем случае!
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И если мы, ища оправдания через Масеха, оказываемся такими же грешниками, как и язычники, значит ли это, что Масех распространяет грех? Ни в коем случае!
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais si, en cherchant à être déclarés justes dans l’union avec Christ, nous avons montré par là même que nous étions des pécheurs comme les païens, cela signifie-t-il que Christ est complice du péché ? Loin de là !
リビングバイブル - しかしもし、キリストの救いを信じた私たちが、あとになって、それはまちがいだった、やはり割礼を受け、律法もみな守らなければ救われないとわかったとしたら、どういうことになるでしょうか。キリストを信じたために、さんざんな目に会ったことになるわけです。しかし、そんなことは絶対にありえません。
Nestle Aland 28 - εἰ δὲ ζητοῦντες δικαιωθῆναι ἐν Χριστῷ εὑρέθημεν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἆρα Χριστὸς ἁμαρτίας διάκονος; μὴ γένοιτο.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - εἰ δὲ ζητοῦντες δικαιωθῆναι ἐν Χριστῷ, εὑρέθημεν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἆρα Χριστὸς ἁμαρτίας διάκονος? μὴ γένοιτο!
Nova Versão Internacional - “Se, porém, procurando ser justificados em Cristo descobrimos que nós mesmos somos pecadores, será Cristo então ministro do pecado? De modo algum!
Hoffnung für alle - Wenn aber auch wir Juden allein durch den Glauben an Christus Anerkennung bei Gott finden wollen, dann geben wir damit zu, dass auch wir Sünder sind – ebenso wie die Menschen aus anderen Völkern. Bedeutet dies nun, dass Christus zum Komplizen der Sünde wird, wenn wir durch den Glauben an ihn nicht mehr dem Gesetz unterstellt sind? Auf gar keinen Fall!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nếu chúng ta tin Chúa Cứu Thế cứu rỗi chúng ta, rồi quay lại nhận mình có tội, cần phải chịu cắt bì và giữ luật pháp mới được cứu rỗi, hóa ra Chúa Cứu Thế lại đưa chúng ta vào vòng tội lỗi hay sao? Tuyệt đối không!
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Galatians 3:21 - If such is the case, is the law, then, an anti-promise, a negation of God’s will for us? Not at all. Its purpose was to make obvious to everyone that we are, in ourselves, out of right relationship with God, and therefore to show us the futility of devising some religious system for getting by our own efforts what we can only get by waiting in faith for God to complete his promise. For if any kind of rule-keeping had power to create life in us, we would certainly have gotten it by this time.
1 John 3:9 - People conceived and brought into life by God don’t make a practice of sin. How could they? God’s seed is deep within them, making them who they are. It’s not in the nature of the God-born to practice and parade sin. Here’s how you tell the difference between God’s children and the Devil’s children: The one who won’t practice righteous ways isn’t from God, nor is the one who won’t love brother or sister. A simple test. * * *
Galatians 2:11 - Later, when Peter came to Antioch, I had a face-to-face confrontation with him because he was clearly out of line. Here’s the situation. Earlier, before certain persons had come from James, Peter regularly ate with the non-Jews. But when that conservative group came from Jerusalem, he cautiously pulled back and put as much distance as he could manage between himself and his non-Jewish friends. That’s how fearful he was of the conservative Jewish clique that’s been pushing the old system of circumcision. Unfortunately, the rest of the Jews in the Antioch church joined in that hypocrisy so that even Barnabas was swept along in the charade.
Hebrews 7:26 - So now we have a high priest who perfectly fits our needs: completely holy, uncompromised by sin, with authority extending as high as God’s presence in heaven itself. Unlike the other high priests, he doesn’t have to offer sacrifices for his own sins every day before he can get around to us and our sins. He’s done it, once and for all: offered up himself as the sacrifice. The law appoints as high priests men who are never able to get the job done right. But this intervening command of God, which came later, appoints the Son, who is absolutely, eternally perfect.
2 Corinthians 3:7 - The Government of Death, its constitution chiseled on stone tablets, had a dazzling inaugural. Moses’ face as he delivered the tablets was so bright that day (even though it would fade soon enough) that the people of Israel could no more look right at him than stare into the sun. How much more dazzling, then, the Government of Living Spirit?
2 Corinthians 3:9 - If the Government of Condemnation was impressive, how about this Government of Affirmation? Bright as that old government was, it would look downright dull alongside this new one. If that makeshift arrangement impressed us, how much more this brightly shining government installed for eternity?
Romans 11:7 - And then what happened? Well, when Israel tried to be right with God on her own, pursuing her own self-interest, she didn’t succeed. The chosen ones of God were those who let God pursue his interest in them, and as a result received his stamp of legitimacy. The “self-interest Israel” became thick-skinned toward God. Moses and Isaiah both commented on this: Fed up with their quarrelsome, self-centered ways, God blurred their eyes and dulled their ears, Shut them in on themselves in a hall of mirrors, and they’re there to this day. David was upset about the same thing: I hope they get sick eating self-serving meals, break a leg walking their self-serving ways. I hope they go blind staring in their mirrors, get ulcers from playing at god.
Galatians 2:15 - We Jews know that we have no advantage of birth over “non-Jewish sinners.” We know very well that we are not set right with God by rule-keeping but only through personal faith in Jesus Christ. How do we know? We tried it—and we had the best system of rules the world has ever seen! Convinced that no human being can please God by self-improvement, we believed in Jesus as the Messiah so that we might be set right before God by trusting in the Messiah, not by trying to be good.
Romans 6:1 - So what do we do? Keep on sinning so God can keep on forgiving? I should hope not! If we’ve left the country where sin is sovereign, how can we still live in our old house there? Or didn’t you realize we packed up and left there for good? That is what happened in baptism. When we went under the water, we left the old country of sin behind; when we came up out of the water, we entered into the new country of grace—a new life in a new land!

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交叉引用

The Message - Have some of you noticed that we are not yet perfect? (No great surprise, right?) And are you ready to make the accusation that since people like me, who go through Christ in order to get things right with God, aren’t perfectly virtuous, Christ must therefore be an accessory to sin? The accusation is frivolous. If I was “trying to be good,” I would be rebuilding the same old barn that I tore down. I would be acting as a pretender.
新标点和合本 - 我们若求在基督里称义，却仍旧是罪人，难道基督是叫人犯罪的吗？断乎不是！
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我们若求在基督里称义，自己却还被视为罪人，那么，基督是罪的用人吗？绝对不是！
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我们若求在基督里称义，自己却还被视为罪人，那么，基督是罪的用人吗？绝对不是！
当代译本 - 如果我们寻求在基督里被称为义人，结果却仍是罪人，难道基督助长罪恶吗？当然不是！
圣经新译本 - 如果我们寻求在基督里称义，却仍然是罪人，难道基督是使人犯罪的吗？绝对不是。
中文标准译本 - 但如果我们自己寻求在基督里被称为义，却被发现还是罪人，那么，难道基督就成了罪的仆人吗？绝对不是！
现代标点和合本 - 我们若求在基督里称义，却仍旧是罪人，难道基督是叫人犯罪的吗？断乎不是！
和合本（拼音版） - 我们若求在基督里称义，却仍旧是罪人，难道基督是叫人犯罪的吗？断乎不是！
New International Version - “But if, in seeking to be justified in Christ, we Jews find ourselves also among the sinners, doesn’t that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!
New International Reader's Version - We are seeking to be made right with God through Christ. As we do, what if we find that we who are Jews are also sinners? Does that mean that Christ causes us to sin? Certainly not!
English Standard Version - But if, in our endeavor to be justified in Christ, we too were found to be sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Certainly not!
New Living Translation - But suppose we seek to be made right with God through faith in Christ and then we are found guilty because we have abandoned the law. Would that mean Christ has led us into sin? Absolutely not!
Christian Standard Bible - But if we ourselves are also found to be “sinners” while seeking to be justified by Christ, is Christ then a promoter of sin? Absolutely not!
New American Standard Bible - But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found sinners, is Christ then a servant of sin? Far from it!
New King James Version - “But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is Christ therefore a minister of sin? Certainly not!
Amplified Bible - But if, while we seek to be justified in Christ [by faith], we ourselves are found to be sinners, does that make Christ an advocate or promoter of our sin? Certainly not!
American Standard Version - But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid.
King James Version - But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
New English Translation - But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not!
World English Bible - But if while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? Certainly not!
新標點和合本 - 我們若求在基督裏稱義，卻仍舊是罪人，難道基督是叫人犯罪的嗎？斷乎不是！
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我們若求在基督裏稱義，自己卻還被視為罪人，那麼，基督是罪的用人嗎？絕對不是！
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我們若求在基督裏稱義，自己卻還被視為罪人，那麼，基督是罪的用人嗎？絕對不是！
當代譯本 - 如果我們尋求在基督裡被稱為義人，結果卻仍是罪人，難道基督助長罪惡嗎？當然不是！
聖經新譯本 - 如果我們尋求在基督裡稱義，卻仍然是罪人，難道基督是使人犯罪的嗎？絕對不是。
呂振中譯本 - 但倘若我們這尋求在基督裏得稱為義的人也見得自己是觸犯律法的罪人，那麼、基督是助人犯罪的僕役麼？斷乎不是。
中文標準譯本 - 但如果我們自己尋求在基督裡被稱為義，卻被發現還是罪人，那麼，難道基督就成了罪的僕人嗎？絕對不是！
現代標點和合本 - 我們若求在基督裡稱義，卻仍舊是罪人，難道基督是叫人犯罪的嗎？斷乎不是！
文理和合譯本 - 我儕於基督而求見義、仍不免為罪人、則基督豈為罪之役乎、非也、
文理委辦譯本 - 或曰、我恃基督而稱義、又陷乎罪、基督得毋助人為罪乎、曰、非也、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我儕賴基督求得稱義、若仍因犯律法視為罪人、則基督豈非助人犯罪乎、非也、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 今如一面求成義於基督聖道之中、同時仍以律法下之罪人自居、是不啻以基督為罪階也。有是理乎？
Nueva Versión Internacional - »Ahora bien, cuando buscamos ser justificados por Cristo, se hace evidente que nosotros mismos somos pecadores. ¿Quiere esto decir que Cristo está al servicio del pecado? ¡De ninguna manera!
현대인의 성경 - 만일 우리가 그리스도 안에서 의롭게 되려고 하다가 우리 자신이 죄인으로 판명되면 그리스도께서 죄를 짓게 하시는 분이라고 할 수 있습니까? 절대로 그럴 수 없습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - И если мы, ища оправдания через Христа, оказываемся такими же грешниками, как и язычники, значит ли это, что Христос распространяет грех? Ни в коем случае!
Восточный перевод - И если мы, ища оправдания через Масиха, оказываемся такими же грешниками, как и язычники, значит ли это, что Масих распространяет грех? Ни в коем случае!
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И если мы, ища оправдания через аль-Масиха, оказываемся такими же грешниками, как и язычники, значит ли это, что аль-Масих распространяет грех? Ни в коем случае!
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И если мы, ища оправдания через Масеха, оказываемся такими же грешниками, как и язычники, значит ли это, что Масех распространяет грех? Ни в коем случае!
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais si, en cherchant à être déclarés justes dans l’union avec Christ, nous avons montré par là même que nous étions des pécheurs comme les païens, cela signifie-t-il que Christ est complice du péché ? Loin de là !
リビングバイブル - しかしもし、キリストの救いを信じた私たちが、あとになって、それはまちがいだった、やはり割礼を受け、律法もみな守らなければ救われないとわかったとしたら、どういうことになるでしょうか。キリストを信じたために、さんざんな目に会ったことになるわけです。しかし、そんなことは絶対にありえません。
Nestle Aland 28 - εἰ δὲ ζητοῦντες δικαιωθῆναι ἐν Χριστῷ εὑρέθημεν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἆρα Χριστὸς ἁμαρτίας διάκονος; μὴ γένοιτο.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - εἰ δὲ ζητοῦντες δικαιωθῆναι ἐν Χριστῷ, εὑρέθημεν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἁμαρτωλοί, ἆρα Χριστὸς ἁμαρτίας διάκονος? μὴ γένοιτο!
Nova Versão Internacional - “Se, porém, procurando ser justificados em Cristo descobrimos que nós mesmos somos pecadores, será Cristo então ministro do pecado? De modo algum!
Hoffnung für alle - Wenn aber auch wir Juden allein durch den Glauben an Christus Anerkennung bei Gott finden wollen, dann geben wir damit zu, dass auch wir Sünder sind – ebenso wie die Menschen aus anderen Völkern. Bedeutet dies nun, dass Christus zum Komplizen der Sünde wird, wenn wir durch den Glauben an ihn nicht mehr dem Gesetz unterstellt sind? Auf gar keinen Fall!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nếu chúng ta tin Chúa Cứu Thế cứu rỗi chúng ta, rồi quay lại nhận mình có tội, cần phải chịu cắt bì và giữ luật pháp mới được cứu rỗi, hóa ra Chúa Cứu Thế lại đưa chúng ta vào vòng tội lỗi hay sao? Tuyệt đối không!
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ถ้าขณะที่เรามุ่งจะให้พระเจ้าทรงนับเราเป็นผู้ชอบธรรมในพระคริสต์ ก็ปรากฏชัดว่าเราเองเป็นคนบาป นั่นหมายความว่าพระคริสต์ส่งเสริมบาปหรือ? ไม่ใช่อย่างนั้นแน่นอน!
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Galatians 3:21 - If such is the case, is the law, then, an anti-promise, a negation of God’s will for us? Not at all. Its purpose was to make obvious to everyone that we are, in ourselves, out of right relationship with God, and therefore to show us the futility of devising some religious system for getting by our own efforts what we can only get by waiting in faith for God to complete his promise. For if any kind of rule-keeping had power to create life in us, we would certainly have gotten it by this time.
1 John 3:9 - People conceived and brought into life by God don’t make a practice of sin. How could they? God’s seed is deep within them, making them who they are. It’s not in the nature of the God-born to practice and parade sin. Here’s how you tell the difference between God’s children and the Devil’s children: The one who won’t practice righteous ways isn’t from God, nor is the one who won’t love brother or sister. A simple test. * * *
Galatians 2:11 - Later, when Peter came to Antioch, I had a face-to-face confrontation with him because he was clearly out of line. Here’s the situation. Earlier, before certain persons had come from James, Peter regularly ate with the non-Jews. But when that conservative group came from Jerusalem, he cautiously pulled back and put as much distance as he could manage between himself and his non-Jewish friends. That’s how fearful he was of the conservative Jewish clique that’s been pushing the old system of circumcision. Unfortunately, the rest of the Jews in the Antioch church joined in that hypocrisy so that even Barnabas was swept along in the charade.
Hebrews 7:26 - So now we have a high priest who perfectly fits our needs: completely holy, uncompromised by sin, with authority extending as high as God’s presence in heaven itself. Unlike the other high priests, he doesn’t have to offer sacrifices for his own sins every day before he can get around to us and our sins. He’s done it, once and for all: offered up himself as the sacrifice. The law appoints as high priests men who are never able to get the job done right. But this intervening command of God, which came later, appoints the Son, who is absolutely, eternally perfect.
2 Corinthians 3:7 - The Government of Death, its constitution chiseled on stone tablets, had a dazzling inaugural. Moses’ face as he delivered the tablets was so bright that day (even though it would fade soon enough) that the people of Israel could no more look right at him than stare into the sun. How much more dazzling, then, the Government of Living Spirit?
2 Corinthians 3:9 - If the Government of Condemnation was impressive, how about this Government of Affirmation? Bright as that old government was, it would look downright dull alongside this new one. If that makeshift arrangement impressed us, how much more this brightly shining government installed for eternity?
Romans 11:7 - And then what happened? Well, when Israel tried to be right with God on her own, pursuing her own self-interest, she didn’t succeed. The chosen ones of God were those who let God pursue his interest in them, and as a result received his stamp of legitimacy. The “self-interest Israel” became thick-skinned toward God. Moses and Isaiah both commented on this: Fed up with their quarrelsome, self-centered ways, God blurred their eyes and dulled their ears, Shut them in on themselves in a hall of mirrors, and they’re there to this day. David was upset about the same thing: I hope they get sick eating self-serving meals, break a leg walking their self-serving ways. I hope they go blind staring in their mirrors, get ulcers from playing at god.
Galatians 2:15 - We Jews know that we have no advantage of birth over “non-Jewish sinners.” We know very well that we are not set right with God by rule-keeping but only through personal faith in Jesus Christ. How do we know? We tried it—and we had the best system of rules the world has ever seen! Convinced that no human being can please God by self-improvement, we believed in Jesus as the Messiah so that we might be set right before God by trusting in the Messiah, not by trying to be good.
Romans 6:1 - So what do we do? Keep on sinning so God can keep on forgiving? I should hope not! If we’ve left the country where sin is sovereign, how can we still live in our old house there? Or didn’t you realize we packed up and left there for good? That is what happened in baptism. When we went under the water, we left the old country of sin behind; when we came up out of the water, we entered into the new country of grace—a new life in a new land!